HB2561 - Relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility district.

  89R5653 JBD-D     By: Pierson H.B. No. 2561       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the meeting place of the board of a municipal utility   district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 54.103 to read as follows:           Sec.   54.103.     MEETING PLACE. (a)   The board shall designate   one or more places inside the district for conducting meetings of   the board.           (b)     A meeting place designated under this section may be a   private residence or office, if the board declares in the order   establishing the meeting place that the meeting place is a public   place and invites the public to attend any meeting of the board.           (c)     Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the board may designate   a meeting place outside the district if:                 (1)     the board determines that no suitable meeting   place exists inside the district and the meeting place outside the   district will not deprive the residents of the district of a   reasonable opportunity to attend meetings of the board;                 (2)     the meeting place is as close as practicable to the   boundaries of the district; and                 (3)     if the district is wholly within the corporate   limits of a municipality, the meeting place is within the corporate   limits of that municipality.           (d)     If the board designates a meeting place outside the   district, the board shall give notice of the location by:                 (1)  filing with the commission:                       (A)     a true copy of the resolution designating the   location of the meeting place; and                       (B)     a justification of why the designated meeting   place is not in the district; and                 (2)     publishing notice of the location of the meeting   place in a newspaper of general circulation in the district.           (e)     If the location of a meeting place outside the district   is changed, notice of the change shall be given in the manner   provided by Subsection (d).           (f)     The commission shall provide information on the   commission's Internet website on the process for designation of a   meeting place under this section.           (g)     In all areas of conflict, this section takes precedence   over all prior statutory enactments, including Sections 49.062 and   49.063(c).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.